Taking a little break from the harsh attack ads of the previous two days (see bottom for links), we look today at the softer side of negativity in “Mourning in America,” which recalls the classic Reagan “Morning in America” 1984 reelection ad. Unlike Morning in America, which was funded by the Reagan-Bush team, Mourning in America is a third-party advertisement, funded by Citizens for the Republic.

In this ad, America, under Barack Obama‘s “grand experiment,” is painted as “fading, and weaker, and worse off.” It laments foreclosures, the national debt that our children are incurring, and the some 15 million Americans unemployed.

Politifact analyzed the ad, and it found the numbers are true. If you’re a Democrat, of course, you might ask yourself, “Didn’t these numbers start getting bad under 8 years of Republican rule?”

For those of you looking for harshness, don’t despair. It’ll be back tomorrow—in triplicate.

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From now through election day on November 2, I’ll present some of the ads from the campaign trail to give our readers some insight into what their fellow Americans are seeing around the country. If you have a video suggestion, please direct message me via Twitter.